How do I import an SSH key from a GitHub account?

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To import an SSH key from a GitHub account and add it to your instance:

  1. Using your existing SSH key, SSH into your instance.

    Alternatively, open a terminal in Jupyter Notebook.

  2. Import the SSH key from the GitHub account by running:

    ssh-import-id gh:USERNAME

    Replace USERNAME with the GitHub account’s username.

If the SSH key is successfully imported, ssh-import-id will output a message similar to:

2023-08-04 15:03:52,622 INFO Authorized key ['256', 'SHA256:C6pl0q4evVYZWcyByVF69D6fdbdKa7F8ei8V2F/bTW0', 'cbrownstein-lambda@github/67649580', '(ED25519)']
2023-08-04 15:03:52,623 INFO [1] SSH keys [Authorized]

If the SSH key isn’t successfully imported, ssh-import-id will output a message similar to:

2023-08-04 15:06:36,425 ERROR Username "fake-cbrownstein-lambda" not found at GitHub API. status_code=404 user=fake-cbrownstein-lambda

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